Meet Our Instructors and Staff

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Piano and Drums

Chris Fletcher is a percussionist who resides in New Orleans. Originally from Maine, he taught music in public schools for 26 years.

Besides being a music educator, Chris has played in many bands in many genres of music. He was most recently a member of Maine Marimba Ensemble a popular Zimbabwean-style marimba band in Portland, ME.

Chris teaches drums, drumset, percussion and piano. Chris enjoys sharing his love of music with everyone and is excited to be teaching at  Leander Piano and Guitar Academy. 

Piano, Saxophone Clarinet

 Devon Scarlatti is an accomplished multi-instrumentalist, composer, audio engineer and prolific songwriter as solo artist from the synthelectronic band Maestro Eternal. She’s been a multi-instrumental musician with her principle instrument being in piano for 31 years, saxophone as her secondary for 28 years and a licensed audio engineer for around 14 years working in the professional music industry working with Grammy Award winning artists and engineers alike. 

Her journey as a music instructor began in 2005 when she began teaching piano in her ranch home at the time in the Texas Hill Country. She has worked as a private music instructor for around 19 years now offering piano, saxophone and clarinet lessons to students of all ages ranging from 3 to 60 years old and beyond. Devon never stopped having a passion for teaching music to others since. And has always felt it was an important mission for her to spread that same appreciation, love and knowledge she has of music to others. 

Devon developed her own teaching methods mainly to counteract her own experiences with music teachers in the past at a very young age that were more about the very “strict rules” of classical music than cultivate creativity or encourage the joy and fun around learning to play music. That’s why she tries to allow her own students to connect with and have fun with music as much as possible, focusing on what their goals and musical interests are. While still teaching valuable skills that will stick with them throughout the years and help propel them forward in their own journey as a musician. And she works with both kids and adults in with many different genres of music and a number of different curriculums depending on the students interests and goals.    

Currently, Devon is returning to her alma mater at Berklee College of Music (online) in ultimate pursuit of her Master’s in Music Composition for Film, TV and Games. When Devon isn’t working on furthering her own career in music or teaching others, some of her hobbies include writing, painting, hiking, video games, going to the movies and spending time with her pets at home.   

Voice

Yasmine Bonner is from Austin Texas and is a graduate from the Viterbo Conservatory of the Performing Arts where she studied musical theater and dance. She is a performer and passionate teacher of voice, dance, and acting. 

Yassie is thrilled to bring her teaching talent and effort to Leander Piano & Guitar Academy. She focuses on teaching student confidence and empowerment in the voice and body, working hard to foster a safe learning environment for each individual student. 

She has been teaching for 4 years and continues to learn with each student. Lessons focus on harmony between the body and the voice, rhythm, style, stamina, and breath. She hopes to sing with you soon.